What happened to Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander?

Known for films such as 'Anna Karenina' (2012), 'Ex Machina' (2015), 'Jason Bourne' (2016), and 'Tomb Raider' (2018), Alicia Vikander, born in Gothenburg in 1988, is one of the most critically acclaimed actresses by both audiences and critics.

She gained global fame as Gerda Wegener in the 2015 film 'The Danish Girl,' starring alongside actor Eddie Redmayne.

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Her role in this Tom Hooper-directed film, based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff that tells the true story of Danish painter Lili Elbe, the first transgender woman to undergo se* reassignment surgery, earned her nominations for the industry's top awards, including winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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She hasn't stopped acting and appeared in several projects that you can see on the big and small screen. However, there's also been personal news about the Swedish actress.

One of the most recent pieces of news about her is that she became a mother again in 2024 with her partner, German actor Michael Fassbender.

Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender are one of the film industry's most stable couples. It's almost balanced, as he's also been nominated for a couple of Oscars!

They fell in love while shooting 'The Light Between Oceans' and married in October 2017 in a private ceremony on the island of Ibiza, Spain.

Together, they have built a beautiful family with the arrival of their first child in 2021 and live away from the noise and spotlight of Hollywood in Portugal. Since 2017, they have resided in Lisbon, specifically in a house in the picturesque neighborhood of Alfama.

According to the actress in an interview with Harper's Bazaar, the reason she chose to live in Portugal is because she grew up Sweden, which she described as very cold and dark. Portugal, she said, is exactly the opposite.

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Until then, they had been living in London, but with the announcement of Brexit, they were even more encouraged to go ahead with this idea they had been considering: "We had several friends who moved to Lisbon, so we had their view on it. Then there’s the surfing, the closeness to nature as well as the city. It’s also warm," she told the Irish Mirror.

After she moved, she added that eight of her friends followed suit. "We now have a lovely, big community of people who live here," she said.

What has she been doing in terms of her career? Well, in 2021, she appeared in the films 'The Green Knight,' 'Beckett,' and 'Blue Bayou.'

More recently, in 2023, she presented 'Firebrand' at the Cannes Film Festival, about Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII. She also starred in the 2022 miniseries 'Irma Vep' - which we can recommend to everyone.

It was also announced that she would star in a new 'Tomb Raider' movie based on the famous video game, but the project was ultimately canceled after the film company MGM lost the cinematic rights to the franchise, resulting in Alicia Vikander no longer being linked to the project.

In an interview with Variety, she admitted she was devastated after hearing the news, hoping that it would be a solid project.

Alicia Vikander fully immersed herself in preparing for her role. In her first (and so far only) movie about Lara Croft, she gained up to six kilograms (13 lbs) of muscle mass thanks to workouts with her personal trainer, Magnus Lygdback.

Now available on streaming is 'Rumours,' directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson. Alicia Vikander acts alongside stars like Cate Blanchett in a satirical comedy about seven leaders of the world's wealthiest liberal democracies who, during an annual G7 summit, get lost in the woods and must come together to draft a provisional statement on a global crisis.

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